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mbgaxyz on April 30, 2018 | hide | past | favorite



As several people have already pointed out, there is almost no argument that can be made against giving it to him that isn't invalidated by Obama receiving it. That is the problem with turning everything into a statement of political ideology; the thing looses it's value. Instead of centering our identities around ideas, we have started centering them around people and parties.

People forget, but there was a time people would be members of the NRA and the ACLU. Where a person could support gay rights, and support religious objections...

We have reached the point we're, in politics, we don't care how we occomplish our goals; only that we get what we want from the system.


Everyone's so hung up on Trump that they forgot this is actually about Moon (and the two Koreas). Moon found out that Trump has a huge ego, and he's playing it to benefit his own agenda, which luckily happens to be peace in Korea. Hey, cut us some slack, this is how diplomacy works, and it's not like we're invading Crimea or something.

Do you guys think Moon actually gives a damn about who's getting the Nobel Peace Prize?


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Would it be an insult to Obama who got one for doing nothing? Was that prize an insult to former recipients?

I think the whole thing can rightly be considered a joke at this point.


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Comments like this will get you banned here, even if you're posting in a partisan flamewar that ought not to be on HN in the first place. Please (re-)read https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html and post civilly and substantively, or not at all.


They are not wrong though... Does Trump deserve a Nobel prize? No. However, I do not believe that Obama deserved a Nobel either.


Hmmm.


Trump called out China's continued coal imports from North Korea in a manner that threatened China with loss of face on the world stage. For the first time ever, China enforced their embargo. The North Korean regime rapidly changed its tune.

Investing in a belief system stipulating that Trump can never accomplish anything makes it increasingly difficult to explain or comprehend the world around you. If you apply more logic and less emotion when forming a world view, you'll find that you are happier.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/dec/28/trump-very-d...


I don't believe Trump deserves the Peace Prize, but many of its winners have done despicable things. It seems

Turn away Jewish refugees from Nazi death camps - win a peace prize. (Cordell Hull)

Repeatedly refuse peace, call for the destruction of Israel and slaughter of all Jews - win a peace prize (Yasser Arafat)

Promote a war that appeared to have served no purpose than cause anguish - win a peace prize (Henry Kissinger)

I think we need two prizes, one for those who contributed and one for those who we hope might learn basic ethics.




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